Disclaimer: Haven't done this for awhile… -Ahem- The characters as well as the places in this story are not mine. I have used them in my own creative way to create a fan fiction, hence the site name. The story itself, however; the plotline, extra characters like the intentionally annoying Amy and the unfortunate James (Though a real person), are mine and I will personally deal with anyone who steals them. (Tar and feather, scalping, skinning alive, death by monkeys, death by cotton swabs and…you get the point…) Though I can't imagine who would want to steal this, seeing as how it thus far sucks…hopefully it will get better
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The room grew silent as the three male officers focused their attention on their superior, whose face had grown serious as he crinkled his brow in question, listening for a voice on the other side of the receiver.
"Who is this?" he asked again. The other end of the receiver was silent for a moment, until the sound of loud music filled Roy's ear. He pulled the phone an inch from his ear to prevent becoming deaf.
"HELLO! COLONEL?" Came a voice over the loud clatter of what seemed to be disco music.
"Who is this?" Roy yelled gallingly back into the phone.
"HEY, CHIEF! THIS IS SECOND LIEUTENANT HAVOC CHECKING IN."
"What?" Roy replied, bemusedly. "Lieutenant Havoc, where are you?"
"I'M ON THAT VACATION YOU GAVE ME. I'M STAYING AT A…ER…GOOD FRIENDS HOUSE FOR THE WEEK. Um…CAN YOU HOLD ON ONE SECOND?" From the other side of the receiver Roy could hear him yelling at someone else in the room. "GRANDMA, CAN YOU TURN DOWN THAT MUSIC?" The music stopped and there was a moment of silence until the voice came back on sounding a bit more calm. "Sorry about that…my friends such a….er…party animal. Actually we were ju-"
"Lieutenant Havoc, what are you talking about? What vacation?" Roy cut him off, perplexedly. Havoc laughed. "The one I asked for a couple of days ago, remember? You said that I was to come back Wednesday after I had finished the rest of the day." There was silence as Havoc waited for a reply. When he got none, he continued.
"Truth is, I got this letter in the mail inviting me to a high school reunion. So I asked for the week off and rode down here. Turns out, there really was no reunion. It was probably some weird prank. Anyway, so…instead of driving all the way back to Central I decided to spend the rest of my week off with my Gra-…er…good friend."
Roy stood silent for a moment, taking it in. He kept his eyes focused on the door, half expecting Havoc to walk in with that flippant grin of his with a phone in his hand. Several moments passed, but the door remained shut.
"Um…Sir? Are you still there?" Roy looked down, staring intently at the ground in thought. He then crinkled his brow and closed his eyes, the realization of the past few days enveloping him completely. The sudden return of 'Havoc', the strange behavior… the kiss…Roy slammed his fist on the table angrily causing the three male subordinates to look back up from their work to him, slightly inching back. Damnit…Why hadn't he realized it before…it all made sense…
"Thank you, Second lieutenant. I hope you are enjoying yourself."
"Thanks, colonel. Actually I'm ha-"
" I'm going to need you return to Central on the next train here, understood?" There was a moment of silence followed by what seemed to be low whimper. "But Sir…I don't wanna go ba-"
"That's an order, Havoc!" Roy interrupted the whining militant. He was replied with silence until Roy could hear the sound of what seemed to be an older woman yelling frantically. "Send you back? Ha! I'll show him sending back. I'll kick his ass so hard, I'm going to send him back from hell where he belongs. Picking on my poor Jean, give me that phone!"
"Grandma, no…leave it alone." Jean fought with the woman from the other side of the receiver. Roy shook his head in annoyance as he looked up at the clock impatiently.
"Havoc, I expect to see you at East City headquarters in exactly 2400 hours. Thats an order, if defied, you will be discharged, understand?"
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Havoc nodded. "Yes, sir." He replied in a half-robotic tone. "Don't you Yes, sir him, Jean. Give me the damn phone, I'll show him a thing or two! Give m-"
Roy quickly hung up the phone before the old woman was able to finish her sentence. He stood up from his desk quickly, striding to retrieve his coat then heading for the door. He turned around, his eyes glinting with apprehension as he looked to his men.
"Second lieutenant Heymans Breda." He started. Breda quickly stood up, saluting submissively. "I want you to get first lieutenant Hawkeye on the phone. Inform her that she is to return to Head Quarters as soon as possible…and to avoid any detours." Breda looked at Roy questionably then nodded. "yes, sir."
"Warrant officer Vato Falman, Master sergeant Kain Fuery." They both stood up, raising their hands to their temples in a respectful salute. "I want the both of you to take a message to the Fuhrer's office for me." The two men dropped their hands, and stared intently at Roy. "Sir, the Fuhrer?" Roy nodded. "Yes…Tell him that there is a lead on a supposed conspiracy." The two militants exchanged glances then looked back to Roy. "Yes, sir." Roy nodded as the three took off of their task, then turned back to the door pausing momentarily. "There's one more thing…" They all stopped and turned to Roy's turned back. Roy turned around and looked to his three male subordinates, studying each of them carefully. It was these men, along with Havoc and Hawkeye, that had been with him through the thick and the thin. No matter where the military sent him, they were always right there behind him…the men behind the man. Even if Roy did act irrationally most of the time, these men would follow with a crisp salute and a "Yes, sir." And in the back of his mind, Mustang knew that without these men….he would be no where near where he was today.
"You three, as well as Havoc and Hawkeye, are the finest subordinates a man could ask for." The three exchanged looks of worry, realizing how serious this situation could be. Before they could ask any further questions Roy strode out of the door, leaving the three to wonder where he was going.
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Lust tightened her grip on the cloak wrapped around her, as she walked down the clouded city streets. Envy had warned her not to be seen in public, but she was sure that no one would recognize her…but she had been hearing rumors that the full metal pipsqueak was back in town. She smirked…If that was so…She hoped he saw her. She turned the street corner, ignoring the stares from some of the men she passed as she walked into the shadowed alleyway. She sighed, pulling down her cloak hood and scanning the alleyway. Hm…just like him to keep me waiting… She thought, as she leaned against the alley wall.
"Everything's going as planned." She turned to the alley entrance to see a tall man in a blue military uniform approaching her. She stood up, placing her hands on her waist as the blonde 'militant' approached her. "Well, as as plan as possible anyway." She replied.
The man smirked. "Are you still on that? Nothings changed. They aren't even suspecting anything. All possible giveaways are taken care of. By the way, after you took care of the second lieutenant, where did you put his body?" Lust stood silent for a moment avoiding his eyes. "Define… 'took care of'. The man eyed her charily. "Are you saying…you didn't take care of him?" Lust looked up at him nonchalantly.
"That wasn't one of our orders." The man crinkled his brow angrily. "Wasn't orders? The whole plan can be ruined if he happens to walk in. We can't afford to be revealed, Lust." She rolled her eyes. "And we also can't afford taking as much time as we have been to just get one silly assassination over with. Sorry to ruin your little game of dress-up, Envy, but we can't afford to wait on you anymore. You've already gotten the information that we need…if there is anything else I suggest you give it now so that we can skip the rest of the mind games and just get straight to final stage of the plan." The man stood silent then looked away, smirking. "Always following any order "master" dishes out…Pathetic, Lust…"
Lust's eye flared but she remained silent. She didn't need to explain her way of things. If he wanted to stay like that forever…a soulless flesh doll…then to hell with him…but she was going to do anything in her power, including following whatever orders necessary, to become human. She killed, stole, and schemed on command. If those were the orders of master then she'd do it. Master was the only one that promised her along with the others like her, life again…But in order to get that life…she needed to work for it…
Alchemist were the main target…it was them who were originally going to create a stone for them, as master said, because homunculi were unable to perform alchemy or else they would have done it themselves. That was the reason they were after Full Metal for so long…if he was strong enough to perform a human transmutation and survive, he held major possibility in creating a stone. Alas, that plan had failed.
Soon after that, a man by the name of Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes had discovered their intentions among others and her and Envy were ordered to take care of him. And now, with Hughes taken care of…it seemed that Colonel Roy Mustang had been doing that same research and, though not as hot on their heels as Hughes was, he knew too much for his own good. And for that, they were ordered to take care of him as well.
"Just give me any other information you have discovered so that we can discard it and carry out the rest of the plan." The man snickered then reached into his uniform jacket, retrieving from it a folder with the word, 'CONFIDENTIAL' scrawled messily across it. She outstretched her hand, taking it from him as he turned to walk away "By the way…there are new orders…turns out the 1st lieutenant might know a little too much as well. After all, she follows that man like a shadow. She is to be taken care of as well."
The man stopped, then turned slightly. "Whatever, you take care of her…" Lust nodded. "Oh and one more thing…We are to act a little sooner then planned" The man turned around again, impatiently. "When?" He said irately. Lust crossed her arms as an amused smile curved the corners of her purple painted lips.
"Tonight."
A/N: I'm going to start doing the authors notes at the end and the pointless disclaimers at the top now. Ok…the last couple of chapters have sucked and for that I am deeply sorry. I am quickly approaching the climax. I think another 3-4 chapters and it will be the end of my first FANFIC.
I want to say thank you to all of my reviewers…you all get cookies. If you review again, I will let you decide on what type of cookie you want, k? I would like at least 6 reviews for this chapter please Heehee, I'm raising the stakes. I've seen other authors do this so I thought it would only be fair and right if I responded to all of my few reviewers at the end of every chapter. I love you all, so here you go
Flava Sava- Your reviews make me happy And Hyper -smiles apologetically- I'm sorry for the cliffhanger. Truth is, I was just trying to update and got incredibly lazy and decided to let the readers suffer with a cliffhanger. I've always known that I was pure evil but that was just pure sick and wrong. I'm sorry… -looks around as people stop and stare at you laughing uncontrollably- Um…anyway -anime sweat drop- Here's an update and the answer to your question. Thank you -Ahem- (scary horror movie music) Bum…bum…bum……………………………Bum…
Priestess of the Souls- Thank you very much. Sorry for the lack of content and quantity of my chapters. I will take your constructive criticism and use it wisely. Sorry if this one is short too. I will try a lot harder, I just get so lazy. I'll try
theslayerslayer- Yay! Another review that makes me happy And its not easy to get me happy. Anfway, thank you so much, I hope you continue reading and reviewing it. The climax is approaching so I'm trying to build up the tension a bit as you can tell. Thank you again
Hunter-Robin- Gosh, people are so nice on reviews HeeHee, what do you want to bet that I just jinxed myself and now I'm going to get the worst review on this chapter. Oh, well. Thank you so much I'm sorry for the evil end. The last chapter was kinda rushed as you can tell with the grammar and content. I might redo it after I'm done with the story. Thank you again
shadowriter55- Mochas gracias, senoraSorry, I had the urge to say something different then 'thank you very much' again. Anyway, thank you. Yes, it is a funny idea but due to my lack of writing ability and my dry humor, I failed in making it so. I'm sorry.-sniffs- Lol, but thank you again
Patience Halliwell- Yay Thank you very much. I shall continue with that in mind.
Sasukeandrockleelvr- Dun Dun Dun…that's ok, I'm sugar high right now and I have to do a paper that's due tomorrow but I don't wanna…er… anyway back to the subject. Thanks Yes, I intentionally meant for Amy to be annoying and easily hated, to put out the fact that no one is good enough for my Roy…um..I mean Riza's Roy…yes that's it…Riza's Roy…lol. But please review again and I'll give you a cookie
PrincessLuckyCML- Yes…I like cliffies cause that means less writing for me. Lol, jk. Thank you though. I'm so glad that someone actually realized that. I was afraid that people weren't getting the point. I thought it was obvious but I guess not. Thank you for noticing And yes…although I'm starting to sorta like Havoc/Riza pairings, I would never choose them over Roy/ Riza.
beautifly92- Thank you Yes, Roy is in major denial mode, but we can see pass him. Roy/Riza Thank you for the review.
me again(Craig)- You like it, yay Ok, since your not too familiar with the show, this chapter might have confused you a bit, if so, then ask me any questions and I'll be glad to answer.
(Oh, and sadly, yes I am going to the stupid dance. To me dances are pointless…no one dances and people just get in their own little groups and talk about other people behind their back. --Alas, my mother says it's the last dance of the year so I am forced to go. Grrr… )